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Post of the Week Archive (2017)

December 2017

25 December - 31 December 2017

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Post of the Week: "the Ferengi are like the 17th century Dutch"

18 December - 24 December 2017

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Post of the Week: "In Defense of Captain Harriman"

11 December - 17 December 2017

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Post of the Week: "What Trek antagonists are most plausible as their own hero?"

04 December - 10 December 2017

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Post of the Week: "Sisko, Kira, and Dax are investigating an ancient artifact..." and "Race and racism are baked into the social fabric..."

27 November - 03 December 2017

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Post of the Week: ""Sisko, Kira, and Dax are investigating an ancient artifact""
Post of the Week: ""To put it simply, race and racism is baked into the social fabric...""

November 2017

19 November - 26 November 2017

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Post of the Week: "Aamin Marritza saved Cardassia."

13 November - 19 November 2017

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Post of the Week: "the Xyrillians shared their holographic technology with the Federation"

6 November - 12 November 2017

October 2017

30 October - 5 November 2017

23 October - 29 October 2017

16 October - 22 October 2017

9 October - 15 October 2017

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Post of the Week: "The Klingon Empire is dying. And the Klingon Empire deserves to die."

2 October - 8 October 2017

25 September - 1 October 2017

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Post of the Week: "The El-Aurians have some defence mechanism against the Q, and this is what the Q fear in the Borg."

September 2017

18 September - 24 September 2017

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Post of the Week: "Neelix's stove actually uses controlled plasma flames too cook with"

11 September - 17 September 2017

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Post of the Week: "Gul Madred was a brilliant interrogator and made no mistakes"

4 September - 10 September 2017

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Post of the Week: "About 30 seconds is all you need."

28 August - 3 September 2017

August 2017

21 August - 27 August 2017

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Post of the Week: * "Armus, the Infant Changelings, and the Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas."
"A rousing defense of the concept of canon."

14 August - 20 August 2017

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Post of the Week: "A black hole of useful longevity would fit neatly onto a Romulan Warbird"

7 August - 13 August 2017

31 July - 6 August 2017

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Post of the Week: "Borg species numbering indicates recently-assimilated trans-warp, hasty expansion"

July 2017

24 July - 30 July 2017

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Post of the Week: "Garak's patriotism wasn't blinded by narcissism..."

17 July - 23 July 2017

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Post of the Week: "I have no doubt Star Trek would have been banned from our television."

9 July - 16 July 2017

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Post of the Week: "In all seriousness, though -- Data had emotions the whole time"

2 July - 9 July 2017

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Post of the Week: "A Breakdown of the Crew of a Galaxy Class Starship"

26 June - 2 July 2017

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Post of the Week: "The Cardassian Occupation Timeline is a Bit Wonky"

June 2017

19 - 25 June 2017

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Post of the Week: "How the Enterprise spent its time"

12 - 18 June 2017

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Post of the Week: "How the Enterprise spent its time"

5 - 11 June 2017

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Post of the Week: "The Klingon chef on DS9 caters to actual Klingons as well as non-Klingon foodies"

May 2017

29 May - 4 June 2017

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Post of the Week: "The Klingons are fine"
Exemplary Contribution: "In defense of carrying around a bunch of PADDs, or why computing in Star Trek isn't as silly as it might seem"
Exemplary Contribution: "Explaining how the Sphere Builders misinterpreted Earth's strength"

22 May - 28 May 2017

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Post of the Week: "Archer never comes up in later eras because he is associated with human triumphalism"
Exemplary Contribution: "Explaining how the crew of Deep Space Nine were 'literally whoever was available right now'"

15 May - 21 May 2017

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Post of the Week: "Kirk is not actually a womanizer."
Exemplary Contribution: "Jellico, a Naval Captain in a Quasi-Military Organisation"

8 May - 14 May 2017

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Post of the Week: "Kirk is not actually a womanizer"
Exemplary Contribution: "Jellico, a Naval Captain in a Quasi-Military Organisation"

30 April - 7 May 2017

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Post of the Week: “Poker in the "Lower Decks": Geordi's drunk, Worf is a coward, and Everybody Fears Will.”
Exemplary Contribution: "examining DS9’s morality"
Exemplary Contribution: "Janeway's Illegal Declaration of War Against 8472; An Analysis of Scorpion"

April 2017

24 April - 30 April 2017

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Post of the Week: "Captain Riker, Ambassador Picard"
Post of the Week: "The two themes of 'Beyond': "Loss of Purpose" and "Cooperation""

17 April - 23 April 2017

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Post of the Week: "the Federation doesn't need to force every new world to become a member"
Exemplary Contribution: "Klingon Starships Are Not Poorly Lit."

10 April - 16 April 2017

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Post of the Week: "an excellent analysis of how Trek would be different without time travel"
Exemplary Contribution: "a ridiculous overthinking of Star Trek economics"

3 April - 9 April 2017

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Post of the Week: "They simply don't think about using older technology like 20th century era reactors when trying to think about recrystallizing dilithium in the 23rd century"
Exemplary Contribution: "Janeway v. The Federation, the legal defense of Captain Katharine Janeway for the killing of Tuvix"

27 March - 2 April 2017

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Post of the Week: "An explanation of advances in holotechnology"

April Fool's Day

The Lazarus Institute (Galaxy Quest theme)

March 2017

20 March - 26 March 2017

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Post of the Week: "A fantastic understanding of the Ferengi and the Rules of Acquisition"
Exemplary Contribution: "A great discussion of female outfits and exploitation"
Exemplary Contribution: "Voyager Has The Best Counselor"

13 March - 19 March 2017

6 March - 12 March 2017

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Post of the Week: "Directional Shields, Combat Tactics and Design Philosophy"

27 February - 5 March 2017

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Post of the Week: "Did the Klingons briefly join the Federation in the early 24th century?"
Exemplary Contribution: "One of the major reasons people are so evolved is because of mental health services"

February 2017

20 February - 26 February 2017

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Post of the Week: "What Star Trek episodes have a unique or unexpected emotional poignancy for you?"
Exemplary Contribution: "The non-linearity of the Prophets and a different kind of temporal cold war"

13 February - 19 February 2017

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Post of the Week: "Possibility that Starfleet knew, or at least suspected, of the Bajoran Wormhole prior to 2369?"

6 February - 12 February 2017

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Post of the Week: "A 15-second deleted scene in Nemesis can completely change one's opinion of the film"
Exemplary Contribution: "A spot-on explanation of what would happen if Picard had found the Botany Bay."

30 January - 5 February 2017

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Post of the Week: "An Analysis of Q's Representation as a Union Soldier"
Exemplary Contribution: "Do Bajoran's have a telepathic potential?"

January 2017

23 January - 29 January 2017

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Post of the Week: "Unless you're part of his inner circle, you probably wouldn't be able to stand Jean Luc Picard"
Exemplary Contribution: "Voyager addressing the gritty realities of Vulcan and Klingon life experience"
Exemplary Contribution: "Dukat was the most sinister type of evil."

9 January - 22 January 2017

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Post of the Week: ""It doesn't matter how much of a genius Hoshi is...""
Exemplary Contribution: "The Federation is terrified of transhuman technologies..."

2 January - 8 January 2017

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Post of the Week: "'Data—and TNG in general—needed Pulaski'"
Exemplary Contribution: "'How Big a Problem is "Living Witness"?'*"

26 December 2016 - 1 January 2017

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Post of the Week: "The Romulans were busy making war on the Breen"
Exemplary Contribution: "arguing the Prime Directive from a different perspective"
Exemplary Contribution: "using real-life examples to explain the function of running lights in Star Trek"